Clean Your Dryer for Pete’s Sake!

I have an apartment sized electric dryer that I've had for a few years. There is no duct that goes outside. I catch extra lint in the back using a knee high stocking. Before that, I had a Kenmore that was made exactly like this model (Sears). I had it for 25 years, never had it serviced and never had a problem. I always empty the lint trap after each drying and bought a Lint Lizard about a decade ago to vacuum the lint out. But jthere's a metal mesh plate that the LL can't get behind and the vacuum doesn't suck out the little bit of lint gathered there.

Just recently I mentioned to my BFF that I want someone to come in and make sure it's cleaned out well because I am concerned about the possibility of a fire. Lo and behold, an ad popped up in one of my new apps about a company that does that so I'm going to call and find out if they do electric dryers and service my area.
 

hollydolly said:
I've had my dryer 25 years..never taken the back off. The lint gets gathered in the front of the dryer, which I clear after every use... and my hose is vented through a hole in the wall outside
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That's me also. I clean out that little lint thing I pull out after each use and clean it out. Once in awhile, I will plut the vacuum hose over it and see if it can pull any loose lint out. That's about it for me.
 
January said:
Into the room air, I suppose

It doesn't have a vent going outside - is just a standard tumble dryer , it doesnt connect to outside
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Mine does vent to outside. I've lived 71 years and probably owned a dryer for at least 50 years of that and never cleaned anything but that lent catcher.
 
fancicoffee13 said:
Mine does vent to outside. I've lived 71 years and probably owned a dryer for at least 50 years of that and never cleaned anything but that lent catcher.
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I promise you’ll be shocked at what you’ll see if it’s inspected and cleaned.
 
I live in a condo and have an apartment dryer. It vents into a bucket of water with a lid. I just clean the regular lint filter and the hose that goes into the bucket.
 
In @Murrmurr 's post 9... I have that exact same long stiff brush which I use to clean out deep down in the dryer, after I take the lint catcher out.
I clean the lint after every use, and every few months I use the long brush to clean down underneath the lint catcher.

That same brush is used to clean dust out from behind all my radiators


Example

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fancicoffee13 said:
No, you open the dryer door and there is usally a lint catcher you can pull out and take all the lint out and put it back. Not lent like in a religous event, lint like the fuzz off clothes.
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You have no sense of humor, I see. What I did is called a play on words. Jimb.
 

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